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Chart sensation Adele has revealed that, despite being offered the chance to play festivals and huge concerts, she would rather spend the summer with her mates.

Adele has revealed that she has turned down offers to play summer festivals and big concerts (Picture: PA)

The singer – who has topped the album charts for 16 weeks with her latest record, 21 – said in an interview with Q Magazine that she had chosen summer socialising over financially lucrative shows.

‘That’s all I’ll be doing,’ she said of her plans for the summer months, ‘sitting in Brockwell Park with my friends, drinking cider.’

Adele revealed that she had turned down the chance to play three dates at London’s O2 Arena, which would have paid her around £500,000, saying that she was not motivated by cash: ‘I don’t come from money and I’m not fussed by money.

‘I like nice things now I’ve got it but I’d still be alive and healthy and a good person if I didn’t have money now. But if I was money-driven, I’d be very excited about the money coming in.’

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However, the 23-year-old says that crippling nerves also played a part in her decision, with the singer admitting she suffers from panic attacks.

Adele revealed her plans for the summer in an interview with the latest issue of music magazine Q‘I have anxiety attacks, constant panicking on stage, my heart feels like it’s going to explode because I never feel like I’m going to deliver, ever,’ she said.’I will not do festivals. The thought of an audience that big frightens the life out of me. I don’t think the music would work either. It’s all too slow.’And she added that, despite her recent success with 21 and chart-topping singles including Someone Like You, she revealed that she still has insecurities:‘The more successful I get, the more insecurities I’m getting, it’s weird.’Not bad ones or nothing. Just about who I am. How I feel about things.’I don’t know if it’s because I’m so blown away that people like that I do, but I just feel like I’m never going to live up to it.’